Conflicts Far Away in Europe
How does the press react to the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Geopolitically it is far away from Indonesia, and at the same time there is no closeness based on primordial elements.
Women show posters in support of the Ukraine as they attend a demonstration along the street near the Russian embassy to protest against the escalation of the tension between Russia and Ukraine in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Europe braced for further confrontation Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 after tensions over Ukraine escalated dramatically when Russian President Vladimir Putin got the OK to use military force outside his country and the West responded with sanctions.
Editors in the international field who process facts abroad start from the element of proximity, namely from the macro-geopolitical nature of the physical inter-entity or bilateral pragmatic interests of Indonesia and the micro-sociocultural nature of the linkage of the primordial values of the Indonesian audience with residents of other countries. With regard to conflicts between countries, editors usually distinguish wars which are written as analytical news and battles from reports from the field.
How does the press react to the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Geopolitically it is far away from Indonesia, and at the same time there is no closeness based on primordial elements. After the Indonesian diaspora left Ukraine, there is no longer any strong newsworthiness, except for the conflicts.